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National Security Letters - NSLB - OGC Page 3 of 14 United States person is not conducted solely on the basis of activities protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. (The 168iv NSL standard is slightly different to reftect that it applies only to international terrorism investigations.) Prior to the 2001 USA PATRIOT Act, the standard for issuance of an NSt was that the ‘targ p bs A request for an NSL has two parts. One is the NSE itself, and one is the EC approving issuance of the NSL. The authority to sign NSLs has been delegated to the Deputy Director, Executive Assistant Director and Assistant EAD for the National Security Branch; Assistant Directors and all OADs for CT/Cl/Cyber; General Counsel; Deputy General Counsel for the National Security Law Branch; Assistant Directors in Charge in NY, D.C., and LA: and all SACs. The authority to certify and recertify the non-disclosure requirement of NSLs has also been delegated to those same persons. Persons acting in those capacities may not exercise such signature, certification or recertification authority. THE NSL All NSLs must be addressed to the specific company point of contact (many of which are listed on NSLB’s website). All NSLs should identify the statutory authority for the request, the type of records requested, and provide identifying information to assist the company in processing the request. One change has been made to the opening paragraph; recipients are now "DIRECTED" to produce the “raquested.” All NSLs require a certification that the records eee